Upper elementary descriptive writing activities. Includes anchor charts for expanding sentences and descriptive writing prompts.

Teaching creative writing at the high school level? Here are some essential tips for planning and teaching your new class!

I know I throw around the word favorite all the time. But this is the truth: teaching creative writing lessons is my favorite. I have taught creative writing enrichment for summer school students. I have taught creative writing in various homeschool settings and co-ops. I have taught big students and little students. And I love …

Teaching a creative writing class? Need a boost before your next narrative unit? Regardless of your experience and enthusiasm, teaching creative writing can be daunting in all its forms (fiction, poetry, narrative nonfiction, etc.). But why is that? Problem #1: Writers are picky. As both a teacher and a student, I can vouch that creative writers can be picky. I'm sure you know the excuses objections we raise when faced with a task... We don't like THAT prompt. We want to listen to OUR music…

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Teaching children to write creatively is not something that you can complete at any one particular grade level. It involves a serie...

Here are six steps to on how to teach an engaging and successful creative writing class to high school students.

Have you ever thought about how you can teach creative writing in a creative way? If you're going to teach writing to your kids, it doesn't have to be difficult! In fact, there are some really fun ways in which you can get your kids on board with creative writing. #creativewriting #homeschooling #homeschooler #iaydhomeschoolers

We believe it’s important for teachers to take every opportunity they can to help students become better writers. Check out these six ways to teach your middle school class how to improve their writing skills and use these 10 prompts to help your students dive into journaling!

Have you ever found yourself googling, ‘how do you teach third grade writing?’ or tearing your hair out wondering the best way to teach grade 3 writing? Well don’t worry, I’m going to share the steps that you need to take so that you feel confident in how to teach 3rd grade writing! In this post, I discuss modeling, vocabulary, as well as things like writing prompts and revising/editing. This post is perfect for new third grade teachers!